The phrase "an operational cost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing expenses related to the day-to-day functioning of a business or organization.
Example: "The company needs to reduce an operational cost to improve its overall profitability."
Alternatives: "a running expense" or "a business expense".
The landfill has been operated solely by the municipality with an operational cost in 2010 estimated at US$4.60 per ton.
Articulating the positive impact of technology even if it can't be quantitatively attributable on financial performance can help the board view technology as more than an operational cost.
"From both an operational cost and a system reliability perspective, we seek to minimize the amount of time we operate our backup generators," he said, referring both to Quincy and to Santa Clara.
As a result, IT systems will increasingly no longer be a capital expense, but an operational cost, like electricity.Yet the most noticeable change for computer users will be that more employees will be allowed to bring their own PC or smartphone to work, says Brian Madden of TechTarget, a consultancy.
The EMO algorithm was employed in [5] to speed up the convergence of an operational cost function.
In addition to fuel and electric power costs, it is assumed there is an operational cost of switching the HVAC system on and off.
For specific conditions, the model allows achieving an operational costs reduction of about 17% with the respect to thermal-load-tracking control logic.
Our study of more than 20 digital leaders found a path to becoming a digital organization based on treating digital technology as a strategic resource rather than an IT operational cost.
In October 2009, when the Ontario government announced the full-day kindergarten for four and five year olds at an annual operational cost of $1.5 billion (not including capital funding), the world economy was struggling and the provincial government faced a large deficit.
However, it is suspected that many simply do not have the accounting procedures to determine the real costs of roading (or indeed any other element of harvesting) other than an overall operational cost per cubic meter.
The aggregated numbers for each HHS region5 are publicly available.6 While ILINet is a valuable tool in detecting influenza outbreaks, it suffers from a high operational cost and slow reporting time, typically a one to two week delay.
